WRITERS:

Welcome

The Jackpine Writers' Bloc is native to Minnesota. We are a writing group as well as a publishing company. Our literary journal, The Talking Stick, has become a state-wide publishing ground for amateur and experienced writers alike. Our goal in publishing writers is simple - we publish to encourage solid writing that shows promise, creativity and brilliance.

We started where most writers up here seem to start - hiding behind jack pines with few outlets and few who could enjoy our craft with us. Things have changed. The writers in our group, and those from many other writing groups that have sprung up in nearby cities, offer experience, criticism and encouragement in abundance.

We are a community, too. We meet every month to critique each other’s writing so we can all become better writers and better people and be published more often. If you are interested in attending a meeting, please email: sharrick1@wcta.net.

Get your submissions in. We have from 1 to 6 submissions from 50+ writers now. We hope to get lots more. The deadline is March 1. Go to www.jackpinewriters.com for submission guidelines.

We are still looking for a place for the Book Release Party. We are hoping we can work it out with Smokey Hills. Another option is the church in Dorset but we could get bumped for a funeral. There would be cabins to stay in at Smokey Hills. Ryan is going to check into the VFW in Akeley.

OTHER BOOKS:

Louise Bottrell’s memoir is done. Down the Hill One Last Time should be on sale on Amazon soon.

We are now starting on Jerry’s Animal Life.

WRITING EVENTS:

Jerry is still doing Book Ends, his second Saturday event in Wadena. It is going well.

When the Great American Storyteller information is ready, we want to email it to all.

Sharon is enjoying another online class at the Loft with lots of good prompts.

Dawn has two more storyteller events at Farm by the Lake in Bagley.

Mike has been doing readings for his two books, Firewood Happens and Down at the Dock.

Recent Posts:

Hi Everyone, Today we held our January meeting. PRESENT: Ryan, Mike, Tenlee, Dawn, Mary, Sharon. TALKING STICK 27: At the end of December, we sent out our call for submissions for TS27. Submissions are coming in—be sure to get yours in before the March 1, 2018 deadline. We are doing shorter writings again and we would like to see […]

*** AGAIN THIS YEAR—CELEBRATING THE SHORT FORM *** CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Wanted: SHORT Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction. THE TALKING STICK is a locally published and nationally recognized publication. Writers must be from Minnesota or have some connection to this area. ALL ENTRIES MUST BE VERY SHORT. Focus on short forms, cutting all unnecessary words. […]

HI Everyone, Today we held our December 2017 meeting. PRESENT: Mike, Ryan, Sharon, Tenlee, Lina, Jan, Marlys, Mary. TALKING STICK 27: We will be sending out the Call for Submissions for Talking Stick 27 soon. READINGS AND BOOK EVENTS: Mike did a reading at Books& Beer, a brewery. He has done several of these and they are a […]

Hi Everyone, Today we held our November meeting. PRESENT: Sharon, Ryan, Jan, Niomi, Deb. TALKING STICK BOOKS: We recently had a board meeting and started talking about the next book. We’ll be getting out the call for submissions in December. We’d like to go with shorts again and we will probably have special consideration and an […]

Hi Everyone, thanks for attending the October meeting. PRESENT: Sharon, Dawn, Jan, Marlys, Mike, Erin, Tenlee, Niomi, Crystal, Mary. Welcome Crystal and Tenlee. BOOKS: Jan’s book is all done. We are working on Doug’s book now, a memoir of his life’s travels and we are close to done. Next is Louise’s memoir. In December, we […]